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Question guide used in the focus group sessions |
| TOPIC 1: STIGMATISATION EXPERIENCES |
| Opening question: |
| What has changed for you after you first developed schizophrenia? Tell me concrete incidences and stories that you experienced! |
| Further questions (alternative): |
| Were there situations in which you felt excluded or misunderstood? [if nec., probe: when? where? can you describe? other situations than already described?] |
| Did you tell other people that you had schizophrenia? [if nec., probe: whom? when? why? why not?] |
| How did people around you react when they found out you had schizophrenia? [if nec., probe: withdrawal, interest, gossip, support?] |
| TOPIC 2: CAUSES OF STIGMA |
| Questions (alternative): |
| Why, do you think, do people react in this way? |
| Why do people think in this way about people with schizophrenia? |
| In your opinion, where do these stereotypes/views come from? [if nec., probe: media, history, everyday language, lack of information?] |
| TOPIC 3: SUGGESTIONS FOR ANTI-STIGMA INTERVENTIONS |
| Questions (alternative): |
| What should be done about negative stereotypes/discrimination because of schizophrenia? |
| How would you like people to react to the fact that you have schizophrenia? |
| How, do you think, could these situations (described earlier) be avoided/improved? |
| What kind of information would be important? |
| Who/which groups in particular should be addressed? |
Buizza et al. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2007 3:23 doi:10.1186/1745-0179-3-23 |